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He was a Conservative and a loyal and active Churchman, a church- 

 warden for thirty years of Wootton Bassett, and lately elected a 

 representative of the Rural Deanery on the Central Diocesan Board of 

 Finance at Salisbury. But it was as a Freemason and as an officer first 

 of the Volunteers and afterwards of the Territorials that he was most 

 widely known throughout the county. He became a Mason in 1876, 

 and rose to high degree in the craft, his important and unselfish work 

 on behalf of Masonic schools and institutions being remarkably recog- 

 nised in 1907 when his portrait by H. G. Herkomer was presented to 

 him by the Masons of Wilts. As a Volunteer he served first in the 

 Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers, and was gazetted Sub-Lieutenant in 

 the 1st Wilts Volunteer Corps in 1875, Captain 1876, Major 1892, Hon. 

 Lieut.-Col. 1895, and became second in command 1901. He continued 

 to serve in the Territorials from 1908 to 1910, when he retired under 

 the age regulations. He was a most zealous and popular officer, present 

 at every training camp during his service. A large assemblage at his 

 funeral from all parts of the county representing the many institutions 

 and interests with which he was connected, proved the widespread re- 

 spect in which he was held. He married, 1880, Agnes Dora, d. of John 

 Poole Haines, of Moor Wood, Cirencester, who survives him with four 

 daughters and one son, Harry Lawrence, who succeeds him in the 

 business. Obit, notices, Wiltshire Gazette, with portrait, January 

 22nd and 29th ; Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, February ; Salisbury 

 Journal, January 24th ; Wiltshire News, with portrait, January 23rd, 

 1914. 



Rev. "William Pawley Nichols, died January 19th, 1914. 

 Wore. Coll., Oxon. B.A. 1859, M.A. 1861. Deacon 1860, Priest 1861. 

 Curate of Challacombe, Devon, 1860—68. Rector of Little Cheverell, 

 1868, until his death. He was a member of the old Highway Board 

 and Rural Sanitary Authority, and afterwards of the Rural District 

 Council from 1881, or earlier, until his death. He was much respected 

 in his parish. He was a omnivorous collector of antiquities, and 

 possessed considerable powers as an artist. Obit, notices, Wiltshire 

 Gazette January 22nd ; Salisbury Bio. Gazette, February, 1914. 



<3ol. LOUiS H. Warden, died July 24th, 1914. Joined the Wiltshire 

 Regiment, 1881, and served with it for thirty years, except for a few 

 years when he served with the Army Service Corps Captain 1891, 

 Major 1901, Lt.-Col. 1910. He was for a time Adjutant of the 3rd 

 (Militia) Battalion at Devizes, and was with it at St. Helena during the 

 S. African war. He held command of the 1st Battalion in India and 

 S. Africa, and on its return to England, after which he retired. Obit, 

 notice, Wiltshire Gazette, January 19th, 1914. 



James Nash, died January, 1914. Born at Beanacre, Melksham, 

 September 5th, 1834. Emigrated to Australia, 1858, and discovered 

 the alluvial goldfield at Gympie, Queensland, 1867. Long obit, notice 

 from Gympie Times quoted in Wiltshire Times, February 14th, 1914. 



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